The history of video games in court

So that’s where video games stand after nearly 50 years of legal shenanigans: protected by the highest court in the land with all of the copyrights that any other art form has.

In this feature, we’ll head into the archives to trace the course of video games through the legal system.

The video games industry has been embroiled in legal battles since the very beginning, as the limits of copyright, intellectual property, and good taste were tested by pixel-pushers around the globe.